Itinerary Change #2: Bad weather in Narsaq
Greenland is tricky to access, to put it mildly. Still, we spoiled-for-unique-adventure tourists love the idea of visiting those hard to get to authentic sites. We're told that the weather…
Land of the Icebergs
Dawn at Qarqortoq from our deck (Bob's photo) Sinuous iceberg (Bob's Photo) The Innuit Hosts; her boots are sealskin; she was very proud of them (Bob's photo) Qarqortoq from the…
No Nuuk- Itinerary Change #1
18-20 foot swells in Nuuk? Thanks, but no thanks, so we won't go there. Instead the Greenland ports have been rearranged, a new one added, and we are sailing on…
Sight-seeing in St. John’s—a hospital ER?
St. Clare's Hospital - a beautiful day in St John's, Newfoundland St. John’s (make sure you note the “s”, we were told by a local; St. John is in New…
Halifax in the rain and mist
Halifax...our view. Three years ago, we were lucky enough to take a fantastic trip to Halifax, staying right on the harbor, seeing a fantastic feminist local play about Catherine Parr…
If it’s Bar Harbor, it must be Thursday
The last views of New York were from our aft-facing cabin, looking backward at the harbor. These are the required photos: Statue of Liberty from the ship, the tug boat,…
New York, New York
Buoyed by the best wishes of our Kendal community, escorted like royalty by Richard who even took the picture, aided by caring Red Caps on both ends of the journey…